Farmers Protest: Farmers’ next strategy announced – will remain firm on the border. Farmers have announced their next strategy by holding a press conference at Shambhu border. Farmers will not travel to Delhi for the time being and will remain at the border. They will not travel to Delhi as long as the government’s strictness continues. The farmers said that there will be Shubhakaran’s (farmer who died who died during clashes with Haryana security personnel in Khanauri) Bhog on 3rd March till then there will be no movement. At present the farmers have postponed their march to Delhi.
Speaking to reporters at the Shambhu border, farmer leaders Manjeet Singh Rai and Jaswinder Singh Longowal said the next announcement will be made after the final prayers at Shubhkaran Singh’s native village, Balloh, in Bathinda district.
Pandher said a meeting to pay tribute to Shubhkaran Singh will be held by the SKM (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha at Balloh on March 3. Farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh will attend it in large numbers, he added.
Shubhkaran’s body was taken to Balloh for his last rites on Thursday.
The farmers protesting to press the Centre for their various demands are staying put at the two protest sites on the Punjab-Haryana border.
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Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Friday said that the government is not paying attention to the demands of the farmers as the ruling party’s sole focus is on winning the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. He said the government should provide legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops and meet other demands of the protesting farmers. Pandher said, “Instead of paying attention to the farmers, their focus is on how to win the elections.” He said the farmers’ agitation will continue until their demands are met.
The farmers’ movement has now started at Shambhu and Khanori border as well as Dabwali border. Punjabi artists will support the farmers’ movement and are going to reach Shambhu border tomorrow. It is noteworthy that Punjabi artists had given a lot of strength to the previous farmers’ movement and had worked to connect the youth.
Farmers’ next strategy announced – will remain firm on the border: History of farmers protest
Farmers’ protests in India began in August 2020 after three agricultural bills were put forward for the first time. The Indian Parliament passed the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill in September 2020. , Amendment Bill).
In September 2020, President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to all three bills passed by Parliament. After this, farmers started a movement on the Singhu and Tikri borders of the national capital Delhi in protest against this bill and demanded the repeal of all three agricultural laws (Farmers’ Protest in Delhi).
Farmers expressed apprehension that the new agricultural law will increase their dependence on the corporate sector and will eliminate the Minimum Support Price (MSP). This protest, which grew with time, attracted people’s attention at the global level as well. However, the government said that the new laws will modernize farming by liberalizing the industry.
The central government and the farmers’ union held eleven rounds of talks with each other to end the deadlock over the controversial agricultural laws, but failed to reach a conclusion. During the sixth round of talks on 30 December 2020, the government agreed to exclude farmers from the preview of changes to stubble burning and felling in the Electricity Amendment Bill, 2020.
On 19 November 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the withdrawal of agricultural laws (PM Modi Announced Withdrawal of Farm Bills).
But the leaders of the current march say the government hasn’t made progress on other important demands such as guaranteed crop prices, a doubling of farmers’ income and loan waivers. The demand for legislation that will guarantee minimum prices is at the heart of their protests.